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Sunday, August 17,2008

Sunday, August 17,2008

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PREMIUM Subscribers can view the rest-of-season records for each team as well as batting/pitching stats on this date.
Games on this date
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  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 San Francisco Giants  3 Atlanta Braves  1 box | pbp Turner Field Tim Lincecum Charlie Morton Brian Wilson 30,503 3:04
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Great American Ballpark Edinson Volquez Kyle Lohse -- 37,468 2:59
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 Chicago Cubs  9 Florida Marlins  2 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Ryan Dempster Renyel Pinto -- 19,085 3:05
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 Arizona Diamondbacks  0 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Minute Maid Park Roy Oswalt Randy Johnson Jose Valverde 42,619 2:14
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 Milwaukee Brewers  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Joe Beimel Carlos Villanueva -- 45,267 3:02
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 New York Mets  4 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 box | pbp PNC Park Johan Santana Jeff Karstens -- 36,483 2:42
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 Philadelphia Phillies  2 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp PETCO Park Cole Hamels Cha-Seung Baek Brad Lidge 34,756 2:46
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 Colorado Rockies  7 Washington Nationals  2 box | pbp Nationals Park Aaron Cook Odalis Perez -- 31,467 3:00
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 Toronto Blue Jays  15 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Shaun Marcum Josh Beckett -- 37,415 3:27
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 Los Angeles Angels  3 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Progressive Field Jeremy Sowers Justin Speier Jensen Lewis 28,356 2:55
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 Baltimore Orioles  16 Detroit Tigers  8 box | pbp Comerica Park Fernando Cabrera Casey Fossum -- 40,586 3:33
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 Seattle Mariners  8 Minnesota Twins  11 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Glen Perkins Ryan Feierabend Joe Nathan 35,478 3:21
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 Kansas City Royals  6 New York Yankees  15 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mike Mussina Brian Bannister -- 54,114 3:07
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 Chicago White Sox  13 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Javier Vazquez Gio Gonzalez -- 28,843 2:19
2008 reg season 2008-08-17 Tampa Bay Rays  7 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Scott Kazmir Dustin Nippert Dan Wheeler 18,363 3:15
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 123 75 48 .610 0.0 564 491 73 W1 45-17 30-31 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Philadelphia)
2008 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 124 71 53 .573 4.5 637 523 114 L2 43-18 28-35 2 3 4 Yes Lost in ALCS (Tampa Bay)
2008 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 124 66 58 .532 9.5 601 554 47 W2 38-27 28-31 3 6 11 -- dnq
2008 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 124 64 60 .516 11.5 537 487 50 W2 34-26 30-34 4 7 13 -- dnq
2008 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 124 61 63 .492 14.5 635 628 7 W1 31-24 30-39 5 9 18 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 123 70 53 .569 0.0 623 573 50 W4 44-22 26-31 1 4 5 Yes dnq
2008 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 124 70 54 .565 0.5 626 535 91 W2 42-20 28-34 2 5 7 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Rays)
2008 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 124 60 64 .484 10.5 624 615 9 L1 33-28 27-36 3 10 19 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 123 56 67 .455 14.0 577 572 5 W1 33-29 23-38 4 12 20 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 124 55 69 .444 15.5 510 619 -109 L2 28-34 27-35 5 13 25 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 122 76 46 .623 0.0 576 514 62 L1 37-23 39-23 1 1 1 Yes Lost in ALDS (Boston)
2008 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 125 62 63 .496 15.5 695 757 -62 L1 32-28 30-35 2 8 17 -- dnq
2008 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 123 56 67 .455 20.5 488 496 -8 L2 34-33 22-34 3 11 21 -- dnq
2008 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 123 46 77 .374 30.5 516 610 -94 L3 24-38 22-39 4 14 29 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 124 68 56 .548 0.0 608 546 62 W6 36-23 32-33 1 4 9 Yes dnq
2008 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 124 66 58 .532 2.0 595 529 66 W1 32-27 34-31 2 5 10 -- Won World Series (Tampa Bay)
2008 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 125 64 61 .512 4.5 579 610 -31 L1 35-31 29-30 3 8 15 -- dnq
2008 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 124 56 68 .452 12.0 566 561 5 L1 34-30 22-38 4 11 23 -- dnq
2008 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 125 44 81 .352 24.5 462 624 -162 L10 23-39 21-42 5 16 30 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 124 76 48 .613 0.0 672 506 166 W1 45-17 31-31 1 1 2 Yes Lost in NLDS (Los Angeles)
2008 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 125 71 54 .568 5.5 584 538 46 L1 36-23 35-31 2 2 6 Yes Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 127 70 57 .551 7.5 607 562 45 L1 33-28 37-29 3 3 8 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 124 63 61 .508 13.0 565 599 -34 W1 34-28 29-33 4 9 16 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 124 55 69 .444 21.0 578 669 -91 L4 33-31 22-38 5 12 24 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 125 55 70 .440 21.5 533 634 -101 W1 32-33 23-37 6 13 26 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 124 64 60 .516 0.0 572 536 36 L1 33-26 31-34 1 6 12 Yes dnq
2008 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 124 64 60 .516 0.0 527 492 35 W1 38-28 26-32 2 7 14 Yes Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 126 57 69 .452 8.0 591 654 -63 W3 34-29 23-40 3 10 22 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 123 52 71 .423 11.5 470 579 -109 W1 24-36 28-35 4 14 27 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 124 48 76 .387 16.0 474 579 -105 L1 27-38 21-38 5 15 28 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Luis Ayala New York Mets Hist Traded from Washington Nationals to New York Mets for Anderson Hernandez (8/20/2008)
Christian Villanueva Texas Rangers Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Mexico)
Todd Jones Detroit Tigers Injury DL - Sore right shoulder
Jason Isringhausen St. Louis Cardinals Injury DL - Right elbow surgery
4 record(s)